Six Standout Cocktails
If you are missing the bars that used to specialize in drinks with esoteric ingredients and names only known to regulars. Check out these six standout cocktails to try at home.
Vodka Italian Berry Mule (a sweet twist to the Moscow Mule).
- 6 raspberries
- Ice
- 2 oz. vodka
- 1/2oz. fresh lime juice
- 1/4 oz. simple syrup
- 1/2 tsp. aged balsamic vinegar
- 2 ox. chilled ginger beer
In a cocktail shaker, muddle the raspberries. Add ice and all remaining ingredients except the ginger beer and shake well. Strain the drink into an ice-filled highball glass and top off with ginger beer.
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What do you think of imagining the great America Jazz Age? A smokey cramp venue packed with locals thirsty for what?
The Sidecar.
Invented at a bar in Paris during World War I, named after the motorcycle sidecar, in which a good patron was driven to and from the little bistro where the drink was born.
- 2 ounces brandy
- 1 ounce Cointreau
- 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
- Sugar, to rim the glass
- Orange peel, for garnish
Prepare a glass by wetting the rim and dipping it in sugar. Shake ingredients with ice and strain into the prepared glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
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This one might be my favorite to sip while listening to Queen, A Night At The Opera!
Aptly named, Bohemian Cocktail!
A toast to Freddie, if you have the cash, you can buy some of his personal belongings at auction. His legacy will live on in this tasty quaffer, featuring elderflower liqueur and tart grapefruit, easy come easy go.
- 1 1/2 ounces London dry gin
- 1 ounce St-Germain liqueur
- 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
- 1 ounce fresh pink grapefruit juice
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass and drop the needle on Bohemian Rhapsody.
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French 75
Sounds fancy, but really easy to prepare. A beautiful drink named after a French artillery gun that helped win World War I. Serve it straight up or on the rocks.
- 1 ounce gin
- 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- 4 ounces Champagne or other sparkling wine
- Lemon peel, for garnish
Shake gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice. Strain over ice into a Collins glass. Top with Champagne and garnish with a lemon peel.
One of my recent favorites is a Spanish twist that is as easy as it gets.
Calimocho (or Kolimotxo).
Pronounced cal-ee-MO-cho, is a mix of inexpensive red wine and Coke, or your favorite cola. That’s it, 50/50. To get a sweeter flavor find a Mexican Coke made with sugar cane, if possible.
Combine together over a lot of ice and add a lime wedge.
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If you like “___” and getting caught in the rain, you guessed it, its the
Piña Colada.
Fun, silly, and best when relaxing on the beach or at the pool. Pairs well with a beach blanket and coconut oil.
- 2 1/2 ounces light rum
- Dash of Angostura bitters
- 3 ounces fresh pineapple juice
- 1 ounce coconut cream (Coco Lopez)
- Pineapple wedge, for garnish
Blend ingredients wit about 1 cup of ice an deserve in a chilled collins glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.
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In honor of Fiesta! And the upcoming Cinco de Mayo, last, but not least the
Margarita.
No matter who invented it, we like it in the South and we serve up spicy with jalapeños!
- 2 ouonces blanco or silver tequilla
- 1 ounce Cointreau
- 1 ounce fresh lime juice
- 1 jalapeño cut into coins
To rim your glass, rub a lime wedge around the opening and dip into taijin. Add two or three jalepeño coins to a cocktail shaker and muddle. Add tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, and ice to shaker and shake well. Strain into glass and top with two jalepeño coins for garnish.
